stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
cheater; unfaithful person; adulterer
broken; intermittent; disconnected
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
rejuvenation; restoration of youth
running at full speed; going as fast as one can go
dashing around on a horse; running around; exerting oneself (for another)
papier mâché; something that looks good superficially
interior design; interior; upholstery
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
once in a while; occasionally; seldom; at long intervals
pile; stilt; column; building raised on columns
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell
terrible luck; very bad luck
chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day)
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
rhyme; rhyme (of a Chinese character); rime
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
optimism; taking an optimistic view